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State pushes alternative technology to build houses

House built using the Koto Housing technology.

Alternative technologies have been identified as key to helping Kenya achieve its goal of building half a million affordable houses by 2022.

One such technology is the expanded polystyrene (EPS) technology, which involves construction of houses by assembling ready-made foam sandwiched between a galvanised steel wire mesh plastered on both sides with concrete.

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